homelessness
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PublishedNovember 20, 2023
InterMed donates $30,000 to help solve Greater Portland homelessness crisis
InterMed made the donation to the Quality Housing Coalition to assist the agency in its efforts to help find housing for homeless people.
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PublishedNovember 20, 2023
City Council shoots down proposal to allow public camping through the winter
Order 68, which would have ended sweeps of the city's homeless encampments through April, failed on a 6-3 vote early Tuesday.
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PublishedNovember 20, 2023
As Portland faces decision on encampments, other U.S. cities also struggle to address homelessness
The City Council is set to decide whether to pause encampment sweeps at the same time other cities tackle similar challenges in new ways, including with 'micro apartments' and safe camping areas.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2023
Hepatitis A outbreak spreads in Portland’s homeless encampments
While advocates for the homeless say the outbreak stems from a lack of access to clean water for drinking and bathing, city officials say the unsanitary conditions are why they have cleared encampments and are focused on getting people into shelters.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2023
Lewiston nonprofit to operate overnight winter shelter for young adults
The cities of Lewiston and Auburn, together with Community Concepts and the Immigrant Resource Center of Maine, jointly applied for the same grant but were not awarded.
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PublishedNovember 11, 2023
Advocates say success of housing program for homeless veterans in Maine shows the systems can work on a larger scale
State and national efforts to end veteran homelessness showcase the potential to solve homelessness for all people.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2023
Anchorage adds to record homeless death total as major winter storm drops more than 2 feet of snow
Anchorage has struggled to find a solution to house the homeless.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2023
Proposal to allow homeless encampments in Portland draws ire from city departments, residents
The City Council will hear a first read of a new proposal to allow public camping through the winter and also will vote for the third time on a proposal to temporarily expand shelter capacity.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2023
State, city clear dozens of homeless camps along Portland’s Marginal Way
More than 120 tents were in the area on Wednesday morning before crews and outreach workers started clearing the encampments. Many say they'll relocate to an encampment under the Casco Bay Bridge.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2023
Portland to clear homeless camps along Marginal Way, Somerset Street on Nov. 1
The tents will be removed on the same day the state plans to take down a larger encampment at the Marginal Way park-and-ride lot.
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